Marine Accident Report - Capsizing and Sinking of the U.S. Sailing Vessel PRIDE OF BALTIMORE in the Atlantic Ocean, May 14, 1986

摘要

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the capsizing and sinking of the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE was the sudden onset of high velocity wind that exceeded the limits of the vessel's stability causing the vessel to heel until downflooding occurred. Contributing to the extensive downflooding was the lack of watertight bulkheads in the hull. Contributing to the loss of life was the inability of the crew to retrieve life preservers from their stowage below deck and the malfunction of the vessel's liferafts.